SodA

• Description: superoxide dismutase, general stress protein
  
  

Gene name	sodA
Synonyms	yqgD
Essential	no
Product	superoxide dismutase
Function	detoxification of oxygen radicals
MW, pI	22 kDa, 5.203
Gene length, protein length	606 bp, 202 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqgE, yqgC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25020

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 2 superoxide + 2 H⁺ = O₂ + H₂O₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: iron/manganese superoxide dismutase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): SodF

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylation on Thr-34 AND Thr-70 PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 2RCV

• UniProt: P54375

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation: induced by stress (SigB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Boris Macek, Ivan Mijakovic, Jesper V Olsen, Florian Gnad, Chanchal Kumar, Peter R Jensen, Matthias Mann
The serine/threonine/tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Cell Proteomics: 2007, 6(4);697-707
[PubMed:17218307] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dirk Höper, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
Comprehensive characterization of the contribution of individual SigB-dependent general stress genes to stress resistance of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(8);2810-26
[PubMed:15805528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A O Henriques, L R Melsen, C P Moran
Involvement of superoxide dismutase in spore coat assembly in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(9);2285-91
[PubMed:9573176] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Casillas-Martinez, P Setlow
Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase, catalase, MrgA, and superoxide dismutase are not involved in resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores to heat or oxidizing agents.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(23);7420-5
[PubMed:9393707] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)